http://techliberation.com/2009/07/05/thank-god-the-euro-crats-are-saving-us-from-a-browser-monopoly/ Keeping politicians' hands off the Net & everything else related to technology Sun, 27 May 2012 20:03:31 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 http://techliberation.com/2009/07/05/thank-god-the-euro-crats-are-saving-us-from-a-browser-monopoly/comment-page-1/#comment-60076 Wired on Google’s Coming Antitrust Nightmare | The Technology Liberation Front Tue, 21 Jul 2009 14:29:53 +0000 http://techliberation.com/?p=19171#comment-60076 <p>[...] results when you look at the IBM investigation in the 70s and the Microsoft case from the 90s (a fiasco that is still going on today): After the government initiated its case against IBM, the company spent two decades scrupulously [...]</p> [...] results when you look at the IBM investigation in the 70s and the Microsoft case from the 90s (a fiasco that is still going on today): After the government initiated its case against IBM, the company spent two decades scrupulously [...]

]]> http://techliberation.com/2009/07/05/thank-god-the-euro-crats-are-saving-us-from-a-browser-monopoly/comment-page-1/#comment-65815 Patrick McKinnon Tue, 07 Jul 2009 03:13:16 +0000 http://techliberation.com/?p=19171#comment-65815 <p>Thriving competition indeed. Unfortunately Erick's statement that "Microsoft killed off Netscape with Internet Explorer" perpetuates the myth the regulators are scared about in the first place.<br><br>Microsoft didn't kill Netscape. Netscape killed Netscape by thinking they could throw out their code base and start over; resulting in them being unable to respond in time to changes in the browser market.<br><br><a href="http://www.joelonsoftware.com/articles/fog0000000069.html" rel="nofollow">http://www.joelonsoftware.com/articles/fog00000...</a></p> Thriving competition indeed. Unfortunately Erick's statement that “Microsoft killed off Netscape with Internet Explorer” perpetuates the myth the regulators are scared about in the first place.

Microsoft didn't kill Netscape. Netscape killed Netscape by thinking they could throw out their code base and start over; resulting in them being unable to respond in time to changes in the browser market.

http://www.joelonsoftware.com/articles/fog00000…

]]> http://techliberation.com/2009/07/05/thank-god-the-euro-crats-are-saving-us-from-a-browser-monopoly/comment-page-1/#comment-61554 Patrick McKinnon Mon, 06 Jul 2009 23:13:16 +0000 http://techliberation.com/?p=19171#comment-61554 <p>Thriving competition indeed. Unfortunately Erick's statement that "Microsoft killed off Netscape with Internet Explorer" perpetuates the myth the regulators are scared about in the first place.<br><br>Microsoft didn't kill Netscape. Netscape killed Netscape by thinking they could throw out their code base and start over; resulting in them being unable to respond in time to changes in the browser market.<br><br><a href="http://www.joelonsoftware.com/articles/fog0000000069.html" rel="nofollow">http://www.joelonsoftware.com/articles/fog00000...</a></p> Thriving competition indeed. Unfortunately Erick's statement that “Microsoft killed off Netscape with Internet Explorer” perpetuates the myth the regulators are scared about in the first place.

Microsoft didn't kill Netscape. Netscape killed Netscape by thinking they could throw out their code base and start over; resulting in them being unable to respond in time to changes in the browser market.

http://www.joelonsoftware.com/articles/fog00000…

]]> http://techliberation.com/2009/07/05/thank-god-the-euro-crats-are-saving-us-from-a-browser-monopoly/comment-page-1/#comment-59928 Patrick McKinnon Mon, 06 Jul 2009 22:13:16 +0000 http://techliberation.com/?p=19171#comment-59928 <p>Thriving competition indeed. Unfortunately Erick's statement that "Microsoft killed off Netscape with Internet Explorer" perpetuates the myth the regulators are scared about in the first place.<br><br>Microsoft didn't kill Netscape. Netscape killed Netscape by thinking they could throw out their code base and start over; resulting in them being unable to respond in time to changes in the browser market.<br><br><a href="http://www.joelonsoftware.com/articles/fog0000000069.html" rel="nofollow">http://www.joelonsoftware.com/articles/fog00000...</a></p> Thriving competition indeed. Unfortunately Erick's statement that “Microsoft killed off Netscape with Internet Explorer” perpetuates the myth the regulators are scared about in the first place.

Microsoft didn't kill Netscape. Netscape killed Netscape by thinking they could throw out their code base and start over; resulting in them being unable to respond in time to changes in the browser market.

http://www.joelonsoftware.com/articles/fog00000…

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